By Regards, Noun phrases

I have recently found 'by using public transport' in the following sentence is closely connected with the prepositional phrase in LEO. Therefore, it should be a prepositional phrase that followed 'One way of lowering fuel consumption is'.One way of lowering fuel consumption is by...

Hello Anonymous,In your sentences there is no adjective phrases.A phrase is a name used in the english grammar to label a group of words which acts as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence,which means that you need at least two words to label some part of the sentence a phrase. Words,phrases...

Hello everybody,Taka, I must admit that I don't feel any adjectival flavor in that clause,only adverbial flavor.The clause: "to alter or emphasize what we say and do" is an adverbial(purpose)clause. In the sentence:I learned a good way to ensure the absence of typing mistakes.the...

Hi Amy, First, if you'll forgive my saying so, I think you read me wrong when you felt annoyed by me throwing examples to prove my points. I was not trying to prove either you or Hancu wrong but to look for a different answer from just a simple ‘No’ or ‘Bad’. You do understand how...

Dear Goodman,When I wrote "you could be right though!" I meant about the removing of the 'but' in "The store does not sell books as such, but it sells magazines ..."As I said in my first post, I don't use as such at all. The reason is its repetitive nature hiding behind as such. If I have to...

Sabyakgp wrote: Thanks for the reply Feebs11, I have gone through the document, But I would like to know should a noun be preceeded by the definite aritcle If a noun is premodified.For example:The General Electric CompanyBut Not: The Microsoft CorporationThere are many such examples where the...

Thanks for the reply Feebs11, I have gone through the document, But I would like to know should a noun be preceeded by the definite aritcle If a noun is premodified.For example:The General Electric CompanyBut Not: The Microsoft CorporationThere are many such examples where the noun phrase is...

Hi Max, Welcome to the Forum. Here are a couple of comments. What are the general rules applied to the phrases like this: He worked for telecommunication company Brittish Telecome. Nordic operator Telenor announced the acquisition of .... . What article is to be used before telecommunication...

Hello Jajar, and welcome to the forums. There are quite a few problems here, and I don't want to discourage you. However, this is almost impossible to understand. Because of nowadays the Technology is important for a consumer. Starting with "Because" makes this a fragment. These days,...

Hi, Here are a couple lof links to get you started. These articles are not dedicated specifically to your problem, but they explain adjectives and compound words very well. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm Here's the...